Line connecter and adjuster



Oct. 30, 1923. 1,472,621

G. C. WHITTLES LINE CONNECTOR AND ADJSTER Filed Nov. 21, 1921 a ggg/f mug-fig f' I ATTORNEYJ'.-

Patented Get. 30, 1923.

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NETtT JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF VONE-HALE T GUSTAVE SODERSTROM, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GEORGE C. WHITTLES, 0F LYNDHURST,

LINE CONNECTER Ann Anzrus'rnn. Y

Application filed November a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Lyndhurst,` in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Line Connecters and Adjusters, of which the following is a specification. v

One object of the invention is to provide a deviceembodying novel features of construction for easily and quickly connecting the ends of a clothesline or the like, connecting an end of a line to a support, and like purposes, and for quickly adjusting the length or tension of a line.

Further objects ofthe invention are to.A

provide a device of the'character ,described including a body portion having a longitudinal opening in one end thereof to receive an end of a line and a transverse opening through said body portion and meeting` said longitudinal opening, and a clamping bar slidable transversely of said transverse opening adjacent the inner end of the lon gitudinal opening to clamp a line between itself and the inner edge of said longitudinal opening; to provide such a,V device having the clamping bar slidable in slots at opposite sides of said transverse opening substantially parallel to said longitudinal opening which slots enter said longitudinal opening so that lines of different sizes may beclamped between the said clamping bar and the inner edges of said opening; to provide a device. of this character having the longitudinal opening at one end thereof and the other end formed to be connected to another end of a line or to a support, etc.; and to obtain other results and advantages as may be brought out by the following description. Y Y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a plan view of a line connecter and adjuster embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4.-4`of Fig. 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmental longitudinal sectional view through a modified construction, and

21, 1921.k serial no. 516,584.

In thefembodiment of the invention shown.

on the drawings,the reference character l designates the body portion of the device which is provided at one end with ra longitudinal opening 2 to receive an end of a "line 3. The body portion l is also formed with an elongated transverse lopening 4 which meets the opening 2, as clearly shown in'Figures 3 and 4, thus forming a shoulder at the inner end of said opening 2.'

A clamping bar 5, preferably cylindrical, is slidably mounted `in slots 6in the sides of the body portion transversely of the opening 4, the slots 6 extending longitudinally of the body portion jn'o'r parallel to an axial plane of the yopening 2 -and entering into the inner end of said opening, as shown in Figures l and 3. The outer ends of the clamp bar 5 are provided with enlarged heads or linger pieces 7 which also prevent the bar from sliding out of the slots 6. The end of the body portion l opposite the opening 2 is provided with suitable means, such as the eye 8 for connection to an end of a line or to a support.

In the operation of the device, assuming that it is desired to use the same for connecting the ends of-a pulley clothes line, one end of the line is permanently connected to the eye 8, and the other end after having been passed around the pulleys is passed through the opening 2 and upwardly over the clamping bar 5 and downwardly through the transverse slot 4, after which the clamping bar is movedtoward the inner edge of the opening 2, as clearly sho-wn in Figure 3. This movement may be accomplished either by the finger pieces 7 or by pulling vupon the free end of line beneath the body portion. The line is thus securely clamped between the meeting point of said openings 2 and'4, or shoulder at the inner end 'of the opening 2 and theclamping bar, and the greater the Y tension on the line the tighter the same will be clamped in the device. When it is desired to disconnect the end of the line or adjust the tension or length thereof, it is merely necessary to push the'clamping bar 5 away from the opening 2 or grasp the free end of the line and ull the same inwardly of the body portion. t will be noted' that the intersecting relation of the slots 6 and the opening 2 enables the clamping bar to closely approach the inner edges of the opening 2, whereby lines of different diameters may be clamped in the device.

A modied construction is shown in Figures 5 and 6 in which oneside of the longitudinal opening 2 is cut away as at 9 to form in effect a groove, whereby tlie'rope', line or the like may be inserted laterally in the opening and thence threaded around the clamping bar, thus eXpedit-ing the clampingY of a line in the connecter.

It will beunderstood that the device is capable of use Jfor connecting the ends of a pulley clothesline as described, for connecting the ends of two lines, ropes, cables or the like, for connecting the end of a line to a support, for bale and package ties, and like purposes.v While l have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that this is only for the purpose of illustrating the principles thereof, and that modifications and changes can be Ina-de in the detail construction of the device without departing trom the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

l. A device of the character described including a body portion having an opening therethrough intermediate its ends, and a second opening meeting said :tirstmentioned opening intermediate the ends of the latter andcat an angle'thereto, and a clamping bar mounted in said body portion to move in a direction longitudinal of said second-mentionedopening, whereby a line or the like may be threaded through said openings and said bar clamp lsaid line between itself and the meeting point of said openings.

2. A device of the character described i11- cluding a body portion having an opening therethrough intermediate its ends and a second opening meetingsaid first-mentioned opening intermediate the ends of the latter and at an angle thereto, said body port-ion having slots arranged at opposite sides of yand substantially parallel to said secondmentioned opening and entering the same, and a clamping bar mounted in said slots to move longitudinally thereof, whereby a line or the like may be threaded through said openings and said bar clamp said line between itself and the meeting point of said openings, said slots permitting said bar to closely approach said meeting point to clamp lines ot different thicknesses.

GEORGE C. WHITTLES. 

